An Ohio appellate court was considering the appeal of a North Olmsted woman named Kim M. Rock who had been found guilty of violating city zoning codes. The city fined her $500 for sheltering a geriatric pot-bellied pig in a dog house, along with her dogs.

The city didn’t mind the dogs that snoozed with the pig. But the zoning code prohibits non-canine creatures from living within 200 feet of a residence. And pig-occupied dog house was too close to a neighbor. . . .